The Cast


Shea Leo
as Timothy Papillon
Shea Leo has been playing the piano and taking voice lessons for three years and began acting in 2009, when he played a Who in Suessical the Musical and a warrior in Snow White.  He is a member of the Popcorn Hat Players, a Harrisburg-based educational program of the Gamut Theater Group.  Shea enjoys swimming, dancing, singing, art club, and rollarcoasters.  Metamorphosis is his debut into the film world.



Alex Holland
as Robby
Alex Holland had entertained the idea of being an actor, before deciding that it was not very practical and chose to become an art major at Messiah College.  In the past several months, he has been bitten by the acting bug.  He played the role of Dickon in The Secret Garden in Fall 2010.  When he attended Mechanicsburg Area High School, Alex participated in 42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Mille, and Once Upon a Mattress in the ensembles.  He was raised as a missionary kid in Caracas, Venezuela, where he lived until 2002.  Alex enjoys skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, swimming, soccer, swing and salsa dance, guitar, violin, piano.  He is a skilled artist but also hopes to continue acting.

Leah McKelvey
as Rose Papillon

Leah McKelvey has been acting in various productions for over 15 years.  She first got her start in high schools musicals and later performed in community theater groups.  While in college, Leah worked in the costume department for American Music Theatre and then at Sight and Sound's Millennium Theatre, where she met her husband, Ed.  She earned her B.S. in Communication & Theater from Millersville University.  Since then, she's appeared onstage at Rainbow Dinner Theatre and did a local commercial for Dominion Pest Control.  Currently, she's working on her biggest project yet- raising her two amazing kids Elise and (the real) Timothy. 


Caleb May
as Dave Papillon

Caleb May is a massage therapist living in Maytown, Pennsylvania with his beautiful wife Kelly and their one-year-old daughter Ryland.  This is his first film.